Jeremiah 14:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 14:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 14:3 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned wit..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 14:3 — KJV
“And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.”
— Jeremiah 14:3 (KJV)
Jeremiah 14:3 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 14:3
“And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 14:3: waters, came, water
“But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. pulled...: Heb. caused her to come”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 14:3: waters, found, water
“And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 14:3: waters, came, water
“And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before. lifted...: Heb. plucked up flowed: Heb. went”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 14:3: waters, came, water
“They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 14:3: came, found, ashamed
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